Starfield restoring saves from a manual backup of the wgs folder. Save are not recognized.

Hi b1u3,

Thank you for reaching Microsoft Community. We appreciate for sharing your concern to us.

I'm sorry to hear that you lost your Starfield save game files. The location of the save game files for GamePass games can vary depending on the game. However, for Starfield, the save game files are located in the following folder:



C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Local\Packages\BethesdaSoftworks.ProjectGold_3275kfvn8vcwc\SystemAppData\wgs

If you can’t find these files, make sure to check the Hidden Items option in the View tab. If your save games are missing or lost, you might want to try restoring them from a backup if you have one. If you don’t have a backup, unfortunately, there might not be a way to recover them. In the future, it’s a good idea to regularly back up your save files to prevent loss.



To manually backup your save game files, you can copy the entire "wgs" folder to a different location, such as an external hard drive. This will allow you to restore your save game files if they are lost again in the future.



Losing valuable information of important files data can be a significant setback. I empathize with the challenge you're facing right now and the impact it can have on your productivity and peace of mind.

Kind regards,

Lavenia

they are usually located in this folder

C:\Users\%USERS%\AppData\Local\Packages\BethesdaSoftworks.DoomClassic_3275kfvn8vcwc\SystemAppData\wgs\00090000001724D9_00000000000000000000000060A2D9F6

i regularly backup my saves.

the majority of the store and xbox app games don't use cloud saves, you need to backup manually.

i use the following program to backup all saves on pc before doing a refresh. make sure to backup to a folder and copy that folder to an external storage area, then use the same app to restore them.

i take no responsibility for any data loss though.

https://www.gamesave-manager.com/

I'm Samy an independent advisor.

Welcome to the community. How are you?

If that doesn't work, try to backup your save file following this path, then delete the file from the folder and open the game again.

%localappdata%\Packages\Microsoft.SunriseBaseGame_8wekyb3d8bbwe\SystemAppData\wgs

To my knowledge it backups your saves not the entire game, so when you log into a new Xbox your saves are there.

But is it possible to manually bak it up, and be able to restore that backup later?